Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Inside Formula 1: Business. Lifestyle. Power.
Zak Brown: “We need to rethink how we respond to the changing demand”
We get the chance to speak to a solid businessman and a respected personality in the industry of motorsport, a former professional racing driver and now CEO of CSM Sport & Entertainment, Mr Zak Brown. He’s here to tell us…
Moving On Up: Tommy Østgaard
We speak with a young and talented Norwegian racing driver Tommy Østgaard, who has a very clear goal of becoming World Champion. Full name: Tommy Østgaard Date of birth: 8th of March, 1993 Place of birth: Oslo, Norway Nationality:…
Disconnected. Outpaced. Forfeited.
Why Formula 1’s slow take on social media is one too many chicanes on track to the sport’s successful future. Romain Grosjean may not be the most salient Formula 1 driver on the grid, he doesn’t have hipster qualities…
A map of all 613 F1 podiums by British drivers
The team at Ticketbis.net have created a heat map of all 613 Formula 1 podium finishes by British drivers since 1950 up until the start of the 2016 season: There have been 160 Formula 1 drivers from the United Kingdom, the country…
Top 3 most unconventional ideas of Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone, CEO of FOM, certainly had his fair share of original ideas to improve the sport over the years, and most of them obviously have been keeping this global form of racing alive for decades. However, there are some very…
What can businesses learn from Formula 1 drivers?
Business insights from the world of sport are nothing new, but somewhere in the middle of an inspirational story it is useful to find key points which can actually make a difference. Mark Gallagher shares some of those points with the…
Nick Heidfeld: Switching currents
Nick Heidfeld is a seasoned veteran in the world of racing, having spent 11 years in Formula 1 driving for the likes of BMW Sauber, Prost and Jordan. Now the 38-year-old has another welcome challenge in Formula E. Along…
If I Ran F1: Brian Sims
The first article Brian wrote for Paddock magazine was an “If I Ran F1” feature in early 2013. Since then he has become a regular contributor, so we decided to ask him to do the feature again. With over 40…
Gene Haas: “We’re here to race and learn”
Founder of Haas Automation, Haas CNC Racing NASCAR team (now Stewart-Haas Racing) and Haas F1 Team, Gene Haas talks about the upcoming season, Formula 1’s popularity in the States, Ferrari and getting to know the sport’s garage. So, Formula 1 –…
Sebastian Vettel on the new Ferrari: “The road is still long”
Yesterday was the first real day of testing for the new Ferrari SF16-H, and it marks the beginning of a busy development programme. In the morning, Ferrari ran some aerodynamic checks before continuing with fine-tuning the car’s baseline set-up. This…
Complete driver line-up for the 2016 F1 season
With Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto joining Manor F1 for the upcoming Formula 1 season, the driver line-up is finally complete. Pascal enters the sport from DTM, winning the title with the Mercedes-Benz team HWA AG in 2015, and in…
My Fantasy F1 Team: Steve Madincea
Founder & Group Managing Director of PRISM, a respected international sports marketing, public relations and event management company that works with Formula 1 a lot, Mr Steve Madincea gives the Paddock magazine his exclusive and frankly quite extraordinary fantasy Formula…
